航 háng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- Made of
- 舟 boat, ship 亢 high, proud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
航运
hángyùn
shipping; maritime transport
Characters in this word
运 yùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 云 cloud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 全球航运价格上涨，直接推高了许多进口商品的成本。 Quánqiú hángyùn jiàgé shàngzhǎng, zhíjiē tuīgāo le xǔduō jìnkǒu shāngpǐn de chéngběn. The rise in global shipping prices has directly pushed up the cost of many imported goods.
- 这个港口的航运很发达，每天都有很多船进出。 Zhè ge gǎngkǒu de hángyùn hěn fādá, měi tiān dōu yǒu hěn duō chuán jìn chū. This port's shipping is highly developed, with many ships coming and going every day.
- 河上的航运因为大雾停了半天。 Hé shang de hángyùn yīnwèi dàwù tíng le bàn tiān. River shipping stopped for half a day because of heavy fog.
Related words
- 航班 hángbān flight
- 航空 hángkōng aviation
- 导航 dǎoháng to navigate; navigation
- 航海 hánghǎi seafaring; navigation; to sail
- 航天 hángtiān spaceflight; aerospace
- 航天员 hángtiānyuán astronaut; cosmonaut
- 航行 hángxíng to sail; to navigate
- 续航 xùháng to keep travelling; endurance; range
- 运动 yùndòng sports; exercise
- 命运 mìngyùn fate
- 幸运 xìngyùn lucky; luck
- 运输 yùnshū to transport